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San Diego County Sues Social Media Giants Over Alleged Public Nuisance

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted in July 2024 to sue Big Tech companies over the targeting and harming of young people.
San Diego County Sues Social Media Giants Over Alleged Public Nuisance
The logos of mobile apps Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Messenger displayed on a tablet on Oct. 1, 2019. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images
Kimberly Hayek
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San Diego County has filed a lawsuit against Big Tech platforms Meta, Snap Inc., ByteDance, and Google, claiming that the companies intentionally designed addictive platforms in the pursuit of profit. The companies own Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube.

The lawsuit, filed by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 27 and announced on Feb. 6, argues that these platforms harm young people’s mental health.
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.